Real Madrid head coach Santiago Solari is upbeat after his youthful team beat Valencia.

ESPN FC's Alejandro Moreno explains why Gareth Bale has not been the player that Real Madrid needs him to be this season.

Dani Carvajal forced an own goal and was instrumental in the second to help Real Madrid see through a 2-0 win over Valencia.

Real Madrid's Luka Modric, FIFA's footballer of the year, will not face charges of giving false testimony in the criminal trial of his former boss at Dinamo Zagreb, who was convicted in June of evading tax and siphoning transfer fees from the club.

A Croatian appeals court rejected a request by prosecutors to have charges reinstated against the Croatian international midfielder that had been thrown out by a lower court.

"The [Zagreb county] court rejected the appeal by the state attorney and confirmed...

A court in Croatia has sentenced former Dinamo Zagreb chief executive Zdravko Mamic to six-and-a-half years in prison for tax evasion and siphoning off profits from player transfers.

Two other former senior Dinamo officials and a tax official were also jailed for the same offences.

Mamic's brother Zoran, a former Dinamo coach, was given a sentence of four years and 11 months, while Damir Vrbanovic, a senior official in the Croatian Soccer Federation (HNS), was sentenced to three years.